How to make a spaghetti sauce with a dozen small things I cannot name: A review of the impact of semantic-memory deficits on everyday actions

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-211

  Bier, Nathalie ^a,b   Macoir, Joël ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Everyday action; Object use; Schemas; Scripts; Semantic dementia; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951216910     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390902927885     Document Type: Article

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